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Former governor general resigned over his handling of child sexual abuse in the Anglican church. Follow updates live
· Imogen Dewey, Josh Taylor
UK police investigate child sexual abuse allegations linked to Epstein files
Auto news: These are Australia's safest roads.
· Richard Wood
Opera Australia posts box office surge amid Timothée Chalamet’s opera and ballet comments
When Oscar nominee Timothée Chalamet suggested few people cared for opera and ballet, the arts world bristled.
· Linda Morris
Hatted chef fired-up to open hot new Sri Lankan restaurant on buzzy south-side strip
He’s had the name of his Sri Lankan restaurant ready for a decade and the search for the right site has taken four years. Now that Agnii (“fire” in Sanskrit) is only three months from opening in Windsor, chef and restaurateur Gayan Pieris can hardly contain himself.
· Dani Valent
Influencer who caused outrage in Australia for snatching baby wombat faces jail time in Wyoming for hunting violations
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· News.com.au
Two dead after car hits tree in Dandenong in Melbourne's south-east
Police say a car was travelling along the Princes Highway when the driver lost control and crashed into a tree about 1:20am.
A dangerous communist label — and the Australian funding facing scrutiny
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· Sbsaustralia
Tasmania's footy turf war is over, but the Devils must now deliver
They may not be scheduled to play their first AFL game until 2028, but the Tasmania Devils have claimed their first scalp — booting Hawthorn out of the state which has been its second home for more than two decades.
· Chris Rowbottom
Complaint from ex-boss led to investigation into embattled mental health clinic
Tasmania's largest private mental health hospital, which was given a $2 million lifeline by the state government last year, had its corporate governance placed under review, following a formal complaint by the facility's former chief executive.
· Paddy Manning
Warnings issued after surge in Queensland roadside close calls
Topic:Road Accidents and Incidents
· Tobi Loftus
Un cliente en Australia se encontró una rana viva en su bolsa de ensalada
En esta foto tomada de un vídeo proporcionado por Laura Jones, Billy Le Pine, Rhys Smoker y Lilli Ashby, se ve una rana dentro de una bolsa de ensalada en Esperance, Australia, el 16 de mayo de 2026. (Laura Jones, Billy Le Pine, Rhys Smoker y Lilli Ashby vía AP)
· The Associated Press
Luxury apartments greenlit under Victoria's affordable housing scheme
Wed 20 May 2026 at 5:03am
· Jesse Thompson
Revealed: The secret plan to turn this Sydney airport into housing, extend metro
Bankstown Airport would be redeveloped into a mini-city of 30,000 homes under radical plans being explored by airport operator Aware Super, which has discussed the idea with relevant governments.
· Michael Koziol, Anthony Segaert
Public housing, private trap: The tenants facing $4000 rent hikes
Despite being a public housing tenant who lives on a disability pension, 73-year-old Gail Innes is now $4000 behind in her rent to a private market property, due to an increasingly criticised state government scheme known as “headleasing”.
· Rachael Dexter
Australian lawyer’s dine-and-dash spree goes viral in Hong Kong
Beijing/Hong Kong: By the time Australian lawyer Samuel Monkivitch was charged by Hong Kong police for a dine-and-dash spree across the city that targeted restaurants and five-star hotels, his reputation was well known among the city’s dining scene.
· Lisa Visentin, Elias Visontay, Selina Cheng
In a gloomy time for NSW’s finances, there is one reason the state won’t enter a recession
The renewable energy rollout is the only thing keeping the NSW economy out of recession, state Treasurer Daniel Mookhey says, warning conflict in the Middle East has led to a significantly lower economic growth forecast for the year ahead.
· Michael McGowan
Plan for new $130 million luxury resort in NSW wine region unveiled
The Hunter Valley’s luxury accommodation market is set for its biggest shake-up in two decades following the unveiling of a $130 million resort development on one of the region’s most historic wine estates.
· Katherine Scott
Darren witnessed one of Origin’s most shameful events. It made him a better man
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· Nick Dent
Vanuatu accuses Australia and China of 'undermining' it
Wed 20 May 2026 at 4:57am
· Stephen Dziedzic
Bahamian opposition leaders demand probe after politician to drug trafficking
This photo provided by the U.S. Air Force shows rescue operations underway for survivors of a downed civilian aircraft off the coast of Melbourne, Fla., Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (U.S. Air Force/DVIDS via AP)
· Danica Coto
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Lettuce introduce you to the live frog found in this grocery store salad bag
MELBOURNE, Australia — When Australian farmer Rhys Smoker announced he’d found a live frog in a bag of lettuce, his housemates didn’t believe him.
· Associated Press
Australia buys China jet fuel amid energy crunch
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· Agence France-Presse
One man dead after five turn up at Sydney hospitals after shooting
Property News: Suburbs where house values rose most in the past 12 months.
· Kieran Campbell
Ebola, hantavirus: can the world avert another pandemic? – podcast
It has been nearly three weeks since the first reports that a rare hantavirus had spread through a cruise ship, killing three people and infecting others. And now, the World Health Organization has declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda a ‘public health emergency of international …
Roasted butternut pumpkin with chickpeas and tahini mandarin yoghurt – recipe
It’s seeds off, skin on in this autumnal pumpkin dish – and don’t be afraid to let it turn extra golden in the oven
· Introduction by Darren Robertson, recipe by Doug Innes-Will and Darren Robertson
A noble cat’s move down the street made me wonder: what makes a place a home? | Clarke Gayford
After years living out of not much more than a suitcase between Auckland, Boston, Spain and London, our small family unit of three is now in Sydney
· Clarke Gayford
‘Foolish’ CSIRO job cuts will mean Australia unable to provide climate projections to global reports, scientists warn
Exclusive: Science agency is planning to sack a third of the team working on the national climate model, sources say
· Adam Morton
‘Many billionaires are not happy people’: Michelle Obama talks politics and going ‘a little low’ in first Australian event
Former first lady delivered veiled but sharp remarks on US politics during speaking tour that began in Melbourne
· Sian Cain
Rough sleepers are in public, but the public look away. This Adelaide program could provide an answer
Street Connect allows people to flag the location of a rough sleeper, triggering an outreach worker to visit them
· Tory Shepherd
Australians with Down’s syndrome among those to suffer most from proposed NDIS cuts government analysis says
‘It’s heartless to cut supports we need to leave the house, work and study at a time when the cost of living has dramatically increased’, advocate says
· Sarah Basford Canales, Dan Jervis Bardy
Scrapping 86,000 new car parking spaces could save $5.2bn and drive down rents, Grattan report finds
About 40% of parking spaces under apartments in Australia sit empty, yet strict planning rules mean more unwanted spots continue to be built
· Andrew Messenger
Gucci slippers, rare first editions and a $250,000 watch: broadcaster John Laws’ estate to go under the hammer
Talkback legend’s luxury goods include largest single-owner collection of prestige watches ever to come to Australian market
· Amanda Meade
Man killed, four hospitalised in ‘brazen, violent’ Sydney shooting
A man with links to rap group OneFour has been killed and four others hospitalised after a targeted and brazen shooting in a south-west Sydney home.
· Jack Gramenz, Riley Walter, Sarah McPhee
Billionaire fashion magnate's son arrested on suspicions over his death
Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.
· Associated Press
Australia is wasting $1 billion on car parks nobody uses, report finds
Topic:Urban Development and Planning
· Kenji Sato
A new breed of believers
While Bob Nicoll of Hat Head gives “punster plaudits to the exclusive ‘Brethren – from God-botherers to Dog-botherers’,” Stephen Smith of Robertson admits, “I’m an agnostic, dyslexic insomniac. I’m awake all night wondering, is there really a Dog?”
Suburban paradise paved with pricey parking lots
Up to 140,000 new homes would be built across Sydney and Melbourne if rules on residential car parking were overhauled, according to research that shows the cost of building a unit is being pushed up by tens of thousands of dollars spent on parking spots that may never be used.
· Shane Wright
‘A watershed moment’: Major Brisbane art exhibition opens at prestigious London museum
Brisbane is used to importing art from Europe – QAGOMA’s current blockbuster exhibition of Scandinavian artist Olafur Eliasson being a prime example.
· Nick Dent
Football Australia to slash 20 per cent of workforce as CEO makes damning admission
Football Australia is bracing for another massive financial loss, triggering a sweeping internal restructure that will see it shed over 20 per cent of its workforce – and an admission from chief executive Martin Kugeler that the game has failed to harness the rise of the Matildas and the success of a home World Cup …
· Vince Rugari
Brisbane doctor allegedly sexually assaulted 15 women at private health centre
Auto news: Public electric car charging cables cut and stolen at shopping centre
· Rebecca Masters
The enormous cost of underfunding schools
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The Brisbane creeks with 4000 microplastics in just a kilo of sludge
Two popular Brisbane creeks have more than 4000 tiny pieces of plastic per kilogram of sediment, posing a serious possible health threat, a new study has found.
· Julius Dennis
Tiananmen vigil activists await verdict after Hong Kong security trial
From left to right at center, Albert Ho Chun-yan, Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung, all wearing masks and carrying candles, march in Victoria Park on June 4, 2020. This was the last vigil held in the park to commemorate victims of the Tiananmen crackdown on that day in 1989. (Photo by Kenji Kawase)
· Staff Writer
Peter Hollingworth, former governor-general and retired Anglican bishop, dies at 91
Australia’s 23rd governor-general, Dr Peter Hollingworth, has died aged 91.
· Alexander Darling
‘It was something I had to do’: The night Haumole won over his Blues brothers
NSW enforcer Haumole Olakau’atu admits his decision to join a wild sideline melee from off the bench during the Origin decider at Suncorp Stadium in 2024 was “silly”.
· Christian Nicolussi
CFMEU scandal ‘semantics’ further proof of zero-tolerance furphy
May 19, 2026 — 7:30pm
· The Age's View
Queensland doctor allegedly sexually assaulted 15 women
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